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Factors influencing uptake of voluntary counselling and testing services for HIV/AIDS in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality (LMKM) in the Eastern Region of Ghana: a cross-sectional household survey

BACKGROUND: Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) is one of the nine strategies recommended for prevention and control of HIV globally. In this study, we assessed the awareness and utilisation of VCT services among residents of the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality (LMKM) in the Eastern Region of Gha...

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Autores principales:	Apanga, Paschal A., Akparibo, Robert, Awoonor-Williams, John K.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5025995/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26825809 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41043-015-0035-8

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